Photo an Hour

7am//

Prepping veg for soup.

 8am//

Baking bread.

 9am//

Cars on the line.

 10am//

Water play outside.

 11am//

A sneaky coffee whilst playing in the sun.

 12pm//

Tear and share bread by Louie.

 1pm//

Afternoon shopping.

 2pm//

Soft play.

 3pm//

More trains.

 4pm//

Quiet time before Dinner.

 5pm//

Leek and Potato and Louie's bread.

 6pm//

Teeth time.

 7pm//

Decoration making.

Late Night Makes

It has been a while since I have posted about any of my makes on here. Last night, before a well deserved early night, I made a couple of Thank You cards to send to some very important people. I used some of the bits and bobs I got from the paper craft fair last weekend and my stampin up 'thankyou' stamp. I think they are pretty cute!

Don't you just love sealing envelopes with washi tape! Such a nice finishing touch.

As It Should Be

Sleeping in, cardmaking, watching the F1 in bed, gardening, sewing the quilt, playing with the cars, short rain showers, grazing on chocolate left from Easter, making bookmarks, watching old movies, pinning away, washing Nana's caravan, The Butterfly Lion at Curve, Black Delilahs at Mai Yango, playing with the pusscat, using the potty more and more, plenty of laughter, playing with Mama's old rollerskates. Just how a weekend should be.

Tuesday

Garden centre shopping, finger painting Thank You cards, frothy cream moustaches and a tired boy.

Christmas

We are really getting in to the festive season now. Yesterday we decorated the house with all of the Christmas decorations. I love the way the house feels so warm and cosy with the Christmas tree and lights, and festive ornaments everywhere.

The Mantlepiece

The Christmas Tree

My fathers painting, and the bunting I picked up at the Clarendon Park Christmas Market last year.

Conservatory

 Last night and this evening have been spent making some more Christmas cards for close friends and family. The card below was a very special card for Mr Bee's to new best friends, Vito and Becka. Vito is Papa Bee's friend from University, and he dotes on Louie like no other! And Louie thinks the world of Vito! So all three of us made this very special card for Vito and his lovely girlfriend, Becka :)

We even popped a buzzy bee birthday invitation inside the card as a special little surprise for them both :)

Productive Week

After my successful craft fair last Saturday, I was worrying about the amount of things that I would have ready for the craft fair which I will be having a stall at tomorrow. Even though I have done a bit of procrastinating, I have actually managed to get quite a lot finished. On Sunday I started making cards, but later in the week had a massive session and managed to get loads done. Today, I completed a cushion which has been torturing me for weeks now, but I finally have it finished and looking pretty, so much so that I managed to get a second cushion made today!

I have been making more Christmas Tree decorations today, star and heart ones in red and white, which are very lovely. 

My weeks worth of crafting

Not to mention that this week I have registered as a business. Wanting to keep things above board and by the book, I knew that as I was taking money, that I needed to register with the tax man. I have started keeping a book with all my records in, but now I really am thinking that I need to find somewhere else to keep all my things as my little craft corner is over run! It is very exciting though.

I have also booked another stall for February, which will be a Cheeky Monkeys Tea Party run by the wonderful Heather from Tiny Talk. 

So wish me luck for my fair tomorrow, for more details, please click here. And have a lovely weekend, I am sure we will as Mr Bee, Nana Bee, our friend Jules and I are going up to Lincoln for their beautiful Christmas Market and we are rather excited!

Take care everyone!

Cards

Had such a busy evening getting cards finished! This is all of them together, there are 13 new cards, 4 of them I made on Sunday, which means I made 9 cards tonight!!! 

I couldn't have done it without my lovely Big Shot Machine though, it realy is a godsend!

Back to Percy tomorrow though, got a list as long as my arm to complete for Saturday!

Bits and Bobs

This weekend, I have certainly been a busy bee!

Friday - Trip to the local soft play, followed by a good nose around the Garden Centre, picking up some goodies along the way. Then home for some last minute making!

Saturday - Manically stitching and sorting ready for the Open House in the evening whilst dealing with a sicky bee. Great success at the fair, selling A LOT of items and raising around £200 to send Josh to help build a school in Kenya. However that does mean more manic making ready for the next fair on Saturday! Sadly I didn't get a good enough photo of my stall, which did look very pretty!

Aren't they gorgeous!

Sunday - Up early for a trip to Rockingham Raceway, not for cars this time though. A Joules (my favourite shop ever!) sale! It wasn't quite as good as we hoped, but we did get some presents, and I got a beautiful skirt and a lovely shirt which I can't wait to wear.
The rest of my day was spent trying to get some more cards made to replenish my display. Mr Bee had been so good letting me get on, then we had a visit from Teresa, Pete, Harry and Emily. The children were fascinated with what I was doing, so we all sat in the conservatory for at least an hour making christmas cards.

Plans for the evening: Relaxing with some sewing and mulled wine... yum!

Craft Fayre coming up

I have been super busy this week, trying to get everything ready for my first Christmas Craft Fayre. On Sunday, Papa Bee and I had an hour to ourselves and we went and had a coffee, with some christmas magazines for inspiration. I am really getting into the festive spirit now, and I know that Saturday will be the icing on the cake!

Finished Christmassy things

On Tuesday, I managed to get quite a bit done whilst Mr Bee was sleeping, and then again whilst he was playing in the evening. He has been a good boy for me this week. I am planning to take Mr Bee to Scalliwags in the morning though, as he is too busy with all of the exciting things to bother that I am sewing, so hopefully I will get the following things finished!

My 'To Do' list!

 I have been racking my brains trying to think of something to do with the gorgeous fabric I bought from The Sewing Cafe, and I have finally decided to make some packs of little quilted Christmas coasters. I have one nearly finished so far, so hopefully I will get a few more made before Saturday, they will be in packs of four. I also cut some more fabric for another wallet :)

I have been making a few more cards this time around, and have been worrying how I can display them. I managed to find a cardboard display unit which will do for now.  

This Saturday I will be at a Charity Christmas Open Evening, please follow the link for more details.  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131305110310837

Next Saturday, I will be at Leicester Forest East Parish Hall (at the end of Kings Drive, AKA the Pavillion), from 11oClock.

I hope to see you there!

This Week

has been lovely, lots of relaxing after our very busy weekend. 

At work on Monday I was like a zombie, quite apt for hallowe'en and I very much needed a day of rest. On Tuesday, Mr Bee and I had a very rare pyjama day. We did absolutely nothing all day excpet laze around, play games, draw, and watch copious amounts of television. I managed to catch up on all of the programs I had been watching!

 Mr Bee received a magnadraw from one of his cousins which has been wonderful. He can draw all the wants and we don't need to worry that he will get pen/pencil/crayon everywhere! Perfect!

On Wednesday afternoon, we went up to visit Anna and baby Isaac and had a lovely few hours with them, eating chocolate eclairs yumyum! Then back to work, much more refreshed on Thursday.
Shopping on Friday, getting my lovely best friend her birthday present, finally. And having such a beautiful lunch at The Handmade Burger Company. If you haven't already been, you should, you are missing a treat!

Saturday morning, we got up nice and early and headed to Burbage for the monthly farmers market. We have been to most of the farmers markets nearby but this one is the best one that we have been to. So much variety, the produce was wonderful and of course, Picks Farm were there with their gorgeous breakfast sandwiches, you can't beat them!

Mr Bee, Papa Bee and Grandad went out for an hour to a local church hall for a train exhibition. I think it was a little small and they were a bit underwhelmed but it gave me a little breathing space and I got some beautiful cookies made, just like the ones you can buy from the shops. Triple chocolate chip and nice and gooey in the middle.

It also gave me 10 mins to have a go with my new die cutting machine. I ordered this machine at the paper crafts fair that I went to two weeks ago. It arrived this week and I have been urging to use it. I am amazed at how easy and quick it is to use, and it means that I can get things made much quicker, without having to worry about cutting things so neatly, because it just does it all for you and completely takes the stress away.

In the evening, we had our dinner and wrapped up in our jumpers, coats, fluffy socks, wellies, scarves and gloves and headed to our local racetrack, Mallory Park for a fireworks display. Mr Bee had a wicked fun time watching all of the fun fair rides and very much enjoying the live music.

Louie made friends with a cone

Then found a BIG puddle

 I am actually really impressed with the photos that I managed to get of the fireworks. I haven't had great success in past years but this year I managed to get some alright picures!

It was a lovely evening, however it did come to a not so lovely end. On our walk back to the car, Louie was violently sick, which is so unlike him, he has never vomited in his life! When we got home, he managed to be sick many more times, and is still poorly today. After his ear infection last week, he really does seem to be in the wars at the moment.
I really hope that he feels better soon, he won't eat a bite :( Poor little baby.